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Meaning of hiation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
haɪˈeɪʃən

Definitions

The act of gaping; a gap.

obsolete

Examples

“the continual hiation or holding open⟳ its mouth, which men observing, conceive the intention thereof to receive⟳ the aliment of air”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

hiatoplasty Hiatt Hiatus hiatus hernia hiatus magnus Hiatuses

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